Geochemistry of a komatiitic, boninitic, and tholeiitic basalt association in the Mesoarchean Koolyanobbing greenstone belt, Southern Cross Domain, Yilgarn craton: Implications for mantle sources and geodynamic setting of banded iron formation

Precambrian Research

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-128

  Angerer, Thomas ^a   Kerrich, Robert ^b   Hagemann, Steffen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basalts; BIF hosted iron ore; Geochemistry; Geodynamic setting; Komatiites; Mesoarchean; Southern Cross Domain

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHEAN; BONINITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; GREENSCHIST FACIES; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON ORE; KOMATIITE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; THOLEIITIC BASALT; UPPER MANTLE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN CROSS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84867587612     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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